Nationalism will never die: Zimbabwean discourses in the global age

This paper explores the relevance of the institution of nationalism in Zimbabwe in today's globalised world in the wake of calls by Postmodernists for a post-national age' following the fall of the colonialist enterprise in Africa and the demise of the bipolar world. To these scholars, nat...

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Main Author: Vhutuza, Ephraim
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Language:English
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1387
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description This paper explores the relevance of the institution of nationalism in Zimbabwe in today's globalised world in the wake of calls by Postmodernists for a post-national age' following the fall of the colonialist enterprise in Africa and the demise of the bipolar world. To these scholars, nationalism has become anachronistic and its rightful place, the dustbins of history. This paper however, argues that nationalism as a multifaceted and agile institution, mutates and transforms into different forms at different stages in the history of a people in space and time though admittedly, as demonstrated by the Zimbabwean nationalist discourses case study, it can produce its own denial.Without necessarily debating its merits or demerits, the paper argues that nationalism will continue lobe relevant as long as people live and question injustices and or simply, attempt to redefine themselves in today's drive towards global identities.
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spelling ir-11408-13872022-06-27T13:49:07Z Nationalism will never die: Zimbabwean discourses in the global age Vhutuza, Ephraim This paper explores the relevance of the institution of nationalism in Zimbabwe in today's globalised world in the wake of calls by Postmodernists for a post-national age' following the fall of the colonialist enterprise in Africa and the demise of the bipolar world. To these scholars, nationalism has become anachronistic and its rightful place, the dustbins of history. This paper however, argues that nationalism as a multifaceted and agile institution, mutates and transforms into different forms at different stages in the history of a people in space and time though admittedly, as demonstrated by the Zimbabwean nationalist discourses case study, it can produce its own denial.Without necessarily debating its merits or demerits, the paper argues that nationalism will continue lobe relevant as long as people live and question injustices and or simply, attempt to redefine themselves in today's drive towards global identities. 2016-05-18T14:45:27Z 2016-05-18T14:45:27Z 2011-10 Article http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1387 en African Integration Review;Vol.5, No.1;p.78-101. open
spellingShingle Vhutuza, Ephraim
Nationalism will never die: Zimbabwean discourses in the global age
title Nationalism will never die: Zimbabwean discourses in the global age
title_full Nationalism will never die: Zimbabwean discourses in the global age
title_fullStr Nationalism will never die: Zimbabwean discourses in the global age
title_full_unstemmed Nationalism will never die: Zimbabwean discourses in the global age
title_short Nationalism will never die: Zimbabwean discourses in the global age
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url http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1387
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